GOLF: Stacy Lewis claims Second Major Championship at RICOH Women’s British Open

Results from the 2013 Ricoh Women's British Open

2013-08-04 – All eyes were set on Rolex Rankings No.1 Inbee Park this week at St. Andrews hoping to catch a glimpse of history at the RICOH Women’s British Open. But it was the No. 2 player in the world who ended up stealing the headlines.

American Stacy Lewis shot a final-round, even-par 72 at the famed Old Course to win her second-career major championship with a two-shot victory over South Koreans Na Yeon Choi and Hee Young Park. Lewis birdied the 71^st and 72^nd holes of the tournament to move her to 8-under par which proved to be the winning score.

“We’re at the home of golf,” said Lewis. “To end birdie-birdie is amazing. It’s been a perfect day.”

The victory is Lewis’ second major win and first since the 2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship which was also the last time an American claimed a major title. The win snapped a streak of 10 winless majors for the United States.

“I’m pretty excited about that,” said Lewis. “I guess it was the longest stretch we’ve ever had for an American gap; I don’t know if that’s for sure.  But we get asked about it.  I got asked about it this week.  Every major, we get asked about it, and it definitely gets old, so more than anything, you guys can’t ask me the question for awhile.”

The win also earned Lewis 120 U.S. Solheim Cup Team points, helping her finish first in the U.S. points race with 977 points. She’ll be making her second appearance at the biennial team event in two weeks at the Colorado Golf Club in Parker, Colo. Eight Americans finished this week in the top-20.